Category: Gymnastics

2019 Chinese Championships AA

1. Liu Tingting 111.15
2. Luo Huan 110.15
3. Ou Yushan (Jr) 109.90
4. Tang Xijing 109.20
5. Li Shijia 108.50
6. Qi Qi 107.00

Deng Shudi wins Chinese Nationals

1. Deng Shudi 172.250 (87.250+85.000)
2. Sun Wei 169.450 (83.950+85.500)
3. You Hao 169.050 (84.350+84.700)

Full results.

You Hao 3rd AA!?

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Tumbling biomechanics

McKenna Kelley

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Robert Ladanyi to Nebraska

Nebraska women’s gymnastics Head Coach Heather Brink announced the hiring of Robert Ladanyi on Friday as the newest member of the Nebraska coaching staff.

He’s got plenty of experience having coached at Florida, Denver and Utah.

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Minsk, Belarus will host European Games

Artistic Gymnastics – June 26-29, 2019.

Minsk is the capital of Belarus which declared independence from the USSR in 1991.

The leader since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko, is considered something of a dictator. Hopefully hosting all of Europe will help the nation improve human rights.

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Related – Rio 2016 trampoline gold medallist Uladzislau Hancharou is from Belarus.

(via Lisa Deen)

FIG commits to 30% plus female leadership

… To tend towards gender equality, the FIG decided to introduce a minimum 30% quota of each gender in the 2020 electoral process for its own governing bodies. …

Jacqueline Briggs-Weatherill, president of the FIG Women in Gymnastics Commission:

“We can see so many women as athletes, coaches and judges in Gymnastics, so their number could naturally grow in leadership and executive positions. The world is changing fast. The opportunities will be there for millennial women, so we need to help them step up.”

First forum guides women on pathways to leadership